Anna Koupal WAGNER — Anna Koupal, 99

of Wagner died Friday, March 30,2012, at the Good Samaritan Soci-ety, Wagner.

Mass of Christian Burial is at10:30 a.m. Monday at St. JohnCatholic Church, Wagner, withburial in the parish cemetery.

Visitation is 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Sunday at Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome, Wagner, followed by a 7p.m. rosary/wake at the church.

BY LINDA WUEBBENP&D Correspondent

Ty Smalley is not being picked onanymore.

Ty will never be 12 years old either. He willalways be 11 years old and his mom and dadfeel the pain of missing him everyday.

Ty committed suicide 23 months ago inPerkins, Okla., after being bullied and pickedon for two years.

The day after his death in May 2010, stu-dents with the Stand for the Silent organiza-tion approached his father Kirk and askedhim if he was interested in joining theirmovement.

“It didn’t take me long to realize I had todo this; had to make a change to prevent thisfrom happening to other kids and other par-ents,” said Kirk Smalley.

He remembered the bullying his son suf-fered at the school he attended and wherehis mother Laura also worked. She com-plained to the administration about the prob-lem and was threatened if she didn’t stop,she would be fired.

“One day Ty retaliated, struck back at astudent who was picking on him,” said Smal-ley. “Of course, that was what the teachersaw and he was suspended for three days.”

He said Ty’s mother took him home, toldhim to do his homework and his chores; shehad to get back to work.

“At 2:39 p.m., I got a call from Laura; Icouldn’t understand a word she said,” saidSmalley. “She screamed and screamed. Fi-nally I got her to calm down enough to under-stand Ty was dead.”

Their son had taken a gun, went into theirbedroom and killed himself on their bedroomfloor.

In the months following, the Smalleys haveparticipated in rallies and traveled aroundthe world for the Stand for the Silent organi-zation. Smalley tells the audience he is not apublic speaker but a construction worker bytrade and then went into a truly inspiringmessage for the fifth-, sixth-, seventh- andeighth-grade students of Coleridge and Lau-rel-Concord schools.

“We have enhanced the universal sign forlove, telling everyone it means, ‘I have yourback,’” Smalley said while holding his handhigh for all to see. Similar to the Texas Long-horn symbol, little finger up, next two fingersdown, index finger up and thumb out, it alsowent viral recently as little lmL (l, m, big L)thanks to the parents of a teenage girl in Aus-tralia who committed suicide.

Large photos of five youth who have com-mitted suicide are propped on chairs in frontof the audience, and two local youth and stu-dent council members, Billy Barelmn andMaddie Swanson read a short story abouteach student. Then Smalley talked about Ty.

While talking, Smalley paced in front ofthe crowd handing out blue wrist bands withthe “lmL” symbol on them and also the say-ing, “I am somebody.” He reminded the youngstudents they were special and they could

text him or find him on Facebook anytime totalk because he cares.

“Do you know one in four youth thinkabout suicide and have a plan of how to do itbefore they graduate high school?” Smalleysaid. “I don’t want any of you to be one of thestatistics. Make that stop. Change it. Be partof the solution.”

All of the students who committed suicidewere people loved with freckled-faces, hesaid.

“Schools can’t make this stop; but youcan,” Smalley said. “You can make this stopand show us adults how to change.”

The Stand for the Silent movement hasbeen making lots of noise lately. So muchnoise, in fact, that Smalley received a phonecall from the White House, asking how toshut those people up. The conversationopened another door for the Smalley couple.They met with President and Mrs. Obamawho hugged him with tears in her eyes. Theyvisited before joining a conference on bully-ing; the first held in the White House.

The conference was not attended by sena-tors and lobbyists, who were not invited. Butthe list was impressive. Smalley said the pres-ident of Facebook was there, as was the pres-

ident of Cartoon Network and MTV. “The wheels of justice turn way too slow,”

said Smalley. “So we need to start here witheach and every one of us.”

He encouraged the young people to use allthat amazing technology in a positive way tobring awareness of the bullying situation tolight. He asked them to make videos andwrite music. All of the ideas for the Stand forthe Silent movement have come from stu-dents just like all of them.

“Don’t ask what you can do; go out and doit,” said Smalley. It takes courage to stand upin a group of friends and say this isn’t right orthis isn’t funny but that’s what needs to bedone.

Ty had known for several years, when heturned 12, he would be able to go toWyoming with his father for a big-game hunt.On March 8, he filled out the information forhis hunting tags and sent his own money topay for it. On May 13, 2010, Ty died. June 16was Ty’s 12th birthday. On July 10, his par-ents received his hunting tags and before theseason began, they had decided to head outto Wyoming to get Ty’s antelope. Smalley’sbest friend and taxidermist just finished thehead to mount on Ty’s wall and hand-paintedthe eye’s with a color he dubbed, Ty Blue.

Smalley pointed out there are so manyways to bully people — a look, a word or anaction. And then there's that amazing worldof technology, which allows someone to bebullied 24 hours a day, seven days a weekthrough Facebook or texting.

“Ty’s not being bullied anymore,” Smalleysaid. “If I had decided (back then) to dosomething about bullying, he might still bealive.”

He hopes he finds many more who believethey have the power to stop the bullying andsave other youngsters from a fate his sonmet.

For more information, check outwww.standforthesilent.com.

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Yankton Public Schools Closed April 5-9Yankton Public Schools will not be in session from Thursday,

April 5, through Monday, April 9. April 5 is a parent-teacher conference compensation day, and

April 6 and 9 are Easter Vacation days. School will resume on Tuesday, April 10.

Symposium At USD To Address Missouri RiverVERMILLION — The science and future of the Missouri River

will be explored during the 2012 Missouri River Institute ResearchSymposium at the University of South Dakota on Thursday, April 5.

Beginning at 9 a.m. in the Freedom Forum Conference Room ofthe Al Neuharth Media Center, researchers from USD and other aca-demic institutions as well as federal, state and local organizationswill discuss the science and other issues of the Missouri River. Pre-sentations in the morning will highlight new research by facultyand students from the University of South Dakota, South DakotaState University and the University of Wisconsin. Afternoon presen-tations will address flooding on the Missouri River.

Organizations contributing to the symposium include the Ne-braska Game and Parks Commission, South Dakota Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources, and South Dakota Departmentof Game, Fish & Parks. All presentations are free and open to thepublic.

For more information and a schedule of presentations, visitwww.usd.edu/mri or contact Tim Cowman at (605) 677-6151 or viae-mail at tim.cowman@usd.edu.

Fitness For A Cause Scheduled For April 21Yankton’s First Fitness is gearing up for their third annual Fit-

ness For a Cause event, scheduled for April 21. The event raises proceeds for a local charity. First Fitness has

selected Heartland Humane Society as this year’s recipient. All pro-ceeds will go towards vet care and spay and neuter costs for the200-plus animals the shelter expects to help in 2012.

Participants can register for the event at First Fitness and selecta number of workout classes to participate in between 8 a.m.-3p.m. on Saturday, April 21. Membership is not required. Those whoraise or donate $25 or more will receive an event T-shirt. Registra-tions with more than $100 raised will be entered into a grand prizedrawing. Other raffles will also be available.

For more information, contact First Fitness at 605-665-6643.

No April Book Sale For Friends Of The LibraryThe Friends of the Library will not be holding its monthly Book

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The family of Beverly Ranek would like to thank everyone for the cards, memorials, wall hangings, flowers and plants. A big thank you to all of the staff at the Good Samaritan Center for the care she received over the last almost 17 years. Thank you for all of your compassion and words of comfort during our difficult time. Also thank you to the staff at St. Micheal’s Hospital who took care of her during her short stays with you. We would also like to thank Father Joe Forcelle and Father Jerry Ranek for conducting the service and also to all of the pallbearers, readers, choir, organist and alter servers. Thank you to the Alter Society for preparing and serving the meal after the funeral and for the bars and cookies the night before. Thank you to the Goglin Funeral Home for your understanding and kindness and for all of your assistance with making the funeral arrangements. Thank you to all of our friends and family for being there for us and for all of the phone calls and visits. We appreciate each and every one of you for all that you’ve done and for all of your prayers. God bless you all.

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Standing For SilenceSpeaker Delivers Powerful Message On Bullying To Area Students

PHOTOS: LINDA WUEBBENABOVE: These photos of suicide victims are displayed when Kirk Smalley gives a presentation forthe group Stand for the Silent, which works to fight against bullying and other forms of harassmentprevalent among kids. Kirk’s 11-year-old son, Ty (pictured on the far left), committed suicide in2010 after a bullying incident at his school in Oklahoma. BELOW: Kirk Smalley gave presentationson bullying to students at Coleridge and Laurel-Concord recently.

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Lillian RousTYNDALL — Lillian A. Rous,

age 98 of Tyndall, SD passedaway Thursday, March 29, 2012at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital,Yankton.

A Mass of Christian Burialwill be Monday, April 2, 2012 at10:30 a.m. at St. WenceslausCatholic Church, Tabor, SD withRev. Joe Puthenkulathil officiat-ing and Msgr. Carlton Hermanncon-celebrating. Burial will be inthe St. Wenceslaus Cemetery,Tabor, SD.

Visitations will begin at 6p.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2012 atSt. Wenceslaus Catholic Churchwith a rosary and Scriptureservice beginning at 7 p.m. Visi-tations will resume one ourprior to the service at thechurch.

The Opsahl-Kostel MemorialChapel, Tabor, is in charge ofservices.

Pallbearers will be KennethHejna, Mark Hejna, StevenAdam, James Adam, DarrellBeran and Brian Beran.

Lillian wasborn on August23, 1913 toJoseph and Mary(Zeleny) Adam ona farm east ofTabor, SD in Yank-ton County. Shewas baptized andconfirmed at St.Wenceslaus

Catholic Church in Tabor. OnOctober 3, 1932, Lillian wasunited in marriage to Joseph“Joe” H. Rous at St. WenceslausCatholic Church in Tabor and tothis union 3 children were born.They lived on a farm in the Tyn-dall area where they farmed andraised their family. Joseph “Joe”passed away on March 28, 1984.

Lillian was a member of theSt. Wenceslaus Catholic Church,St. Wenceslaus Altar & RosarySociety and Catholic Workman.She was a homemaker that en-joyed farm life, baking Kolaches,gardening and spending timewith family.

Those who will always cher-ish her memory are her son

Laddie (Janice) Rous of Tyndall,SD and daughter Mary Ann (Eu-gene) Jambor of Lesterville, SD:grandchildren Lynn (Richard)Stolz of Norfolk, NE; David(Lynn) Rous of Tyndall, SD andLisa (Darrin) Hauck of Tyndall,SD: great-grandsons Dalton Stolzof Norfolk, NE; Cody and DylanRous of Tyndall, SD and BryceHauck of Tyndall, SD: one sister-in-law Anne Ulmer of Yankton,SD; many nieces, nephews andextended family.

Lillian was preceded in deathby her parents; husband; sonRaymond; grandson JosephJambor; sister Agnes in infancy;brothers and sisters-in-lawJoseph (Mary and Eleanor):Jerry; and Henry (Vincie).

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Pianist Charles Badami will beperforming a special recital at 3p.m. today (Saturday) at MountMarty College’s MarianAuditorium.

Badami is currently instructorof music and collaborative pi-anist at Northwest Missouri StateUniversity. He completed his Doc-tor of Music in Piano Perform-ance and Collaborative Artsdegree at Northwestern Univer-

sity's School of Music inEvanston, Ill., where he studiedwith Sylvia Wang and ElizabethBuccheri.

His musical selections will in-clude works by Franz Schubert,Frederic Chopin and GeorgeGershwin. The event is free andopen to the public.

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Badami To Perform At MMC Today